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Russia Says Ukraine’s Strike on Factory City Was Deadly

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Ukraine said the attack struck a key electronics plant, highlighting how it remains capable of hitting high-value targets inside Russia.  A still from a video released by the Ukraine armed forces of a strike on a Russian missile plant in Bryansk, Russia, on Tuesday. Credit... Ukraine Armed Forces, via Reuters By  Ivan Nechepurenko The New York Times, March 11, 2026 Updated  11:21 a.m. ET Ukrainian forces on Tuesday struck the Russian city of Bryansk, home to a major factory that produces components for Russian missiles, in an attack that killed six civilians and injured 42 others, the region’s governor said. In their accounts of the strike, the Russian authorities did not mention any damage to the plant, called Kremniy El. They  called  the attack an “inhuman act” committed by “Ukrainian terrorists,” and said it had been conducted with seven British Storm Shadow missiles. President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine  said  that Ukrainian forces had success...

Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s ‘buffer zone’ strategy in tatters after Kyiv reclaims swathes of territory

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Ukraine-Russia war latest: Putin’s ‘buffer zone’ strategy in tatters after Kyiv reclaims swathes of territory Ukrainian troops now control almost all of the Dnipropetrovsk region after liberating 400 square kilometres in counterattacks Maroosha Muzaffar  &  Rebecca Whittaker Independent Wednesday 11 March 2026 08:45 GMT   Ukraine   claims to have taken back almost all of its territory in a key region that   Vladimir Putin   wanted to turn into a “buffer zone”.  Senior general Oleksandr Komarenko told reporters that Ukrainian troops now controlled almost all of the Dnipropetrovsk region after liberating 400 square kilometres in counterattacks.  He said this undermined   Russia’s  attempted strategy of seizing a strip of territory beyond its stated claims in the   Donbas , to serve as a “buffer zone” and support further offensive operations.  Earlier,   Donald Trump   said the   US   would loosen oil-...